"The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible. Universes of virtually unlimited complexity can be created in the form of computer programs." -- Joseph Weizenbaum.

"If you cannot grok the overall structure of a program while taking a shower, you are not ready to code it." -- Richard Pattis.

it shows that we should accept as true at least one of the following three propositions:
(1) The chances that a species at our current level of development can avoid going extinct before becoming technologically mature is negligibly small

(2) Almost no technologically mature civilisations are interested in running computer simulations of minds like ours

(3) You are almost certainly in a simulation.

well, I mean, obviously those three possibilities are the only ones that would make sense, right?

"The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible. Universes of virtually unlimited complexity can be created in the form of computer programs." -- Joseph Weizenbaum.

"If you cannot grok the overall structure of a program while taking a shower, you are not ready to code it." -- Richard Pattis.

Sounds like some star trek scenario. Of course we are striving to model even simple organisims and as we advance so to will the simulations. Hopefully as we advance it will be both socialy as well as technically so the wars will be less of an occurance and scenario one will decrease in probability. As to two why would we want to simulate ant behaivoir, a sufficiently advanced technology would certainly be interested in simulating the human mind if we do not. Finally it makes me think about dreams which are like a form of simulation. What scares me is getting trapped in a simulation and having to die to get out.